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Category: Life Balance
‘Tis the Season to Love Your Staff
The 12 Days of Appreciation by Marguerite Ham I was recently reading the Simple Abundance, A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, by Sarah Ban Breathnach. This book is a wonderful compilation of essays that stimulate reflection on how we are living or not living our lives with intention and appreciation for …
Are You Living Your Values?
by Marguerite Ham If we live in a way that conflicts with our deep internal values, we can’t help but be unhappy, though we might not consciously know why. In the midst of our busy life, we don’t often stop to think about our personal value system. The list below …
Leaders Set the Example
A friend and client, John Horan, forwarded a Harvard Business Review article to me: Leading Teams: If You Multitask During Meetings, Your Team Will, Too. I found it interesting and right on! I think we each occasionally find ourselves guilty of the sins noted in this article and setting a …
Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World
I recently read a book, Breaking the Trust Barrier, by JV Venable — an excellent book; I highly recommend it! One of the topics it touched on was creating balance in our lives. The author, a former commander and demonstration leader of the USAF’s elite demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, suggested …
Leadership and Gratitude
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and a perfect time for reflecting on the people we are grateful for in our personal and professional lives. Find ways to demonstrate gratitude all year long! In my workshops and retreats discussing leadership, there are many important leadership characteristics that seem to come …
Frogs and Tomatoes Beat Procrastination
How many of you spent time creating goals for 2016? How many of your goals fell by the wayside because of PROCRASTINATION and anxiety about not having enough time? Wouldn’t it be great to have a strategy to deal with procrastination and make some real progress, particularly on those goals …
Sleep Deprived??? 8 Ways to Get Better Rest and Change Your Life
Are you among the millions of sleep-deprived humans who may be endangering their lives by burning too much midnight oil? In Arianna Huffington’s new book, The Sleep Revolution, she discusses how she healed her poor sleep habits and changed her life. Sleep is a subject of deep concern for everyone. You absolutely need …
Leading Staff through Holiday Stress
The holidays are a busy time and can be truly challenging, both personally and professionally. Often when we are stressed, going in too many directions, overwhelmed, or dealing with organizational changes, our EQ takes a real nosedive; regardless of our rank or position (CEO’s to the front lines)! If, during stressful times, we take a …
The Season of Gratitude
As our Thanksgiving holiday here in the US is around the corner (November 27th) and our Canadian friends have already celebrated their Thanksgiving (October 13th), I am reminded to think about Being Grateful. We are all so busy with this wonderful adventure called life. It is easy to just keep going day …